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If you’re planning to hike this winter, invest in the right gear

You can never be too prepared to hike in the Tasmanian wilderness, write Dr Vanessa Adams, Prof Jason Byrne, and Ms Noelle Nemeth.

Unravelling the role of climate and forestry in the bushfire disaster

Getting to the bottom of the cause of the extent and severity of these fires is essential for sustainable forest management, writes Professor David Bowman.

Creative & personalised foods for the future

3D food printers could reduce waste and energy consumption involved in conventional food production.

Drones to look after Tassie animals

Yee Von Teo is going to spend the next three years monitoring large mammals in Tasmania using drones for her doctoral research.

How getting an insurance payout can be a full-time job

As NSW homeowners clean up after the recent floods, they are finding that the real pain lies ahead, writes Dr Chloe Lucas.

Study quantifies devils’ decline due to facial tumour disease

Digital polish for Tasmania's ancient gems

Rockmelon industry to benefit from new recommendations

Scientists get to the bottom of wombat cubed poo mystery

Guardian dogs provide safe haven for endangered bandicoots

Tasmanian devils may survive their own pandemic

International research team finds strong evidence that a transmissable cancer will not lead to extinction for this iconic species

Southern Tasmania in ‘pyro thundercloud’ firing line

Defunct mine a site for environmental discovery

What’s really going on within Tasmania’s beautiful Blue Lakes?

Protecting communities from bushfire with people power

Centre duo takes global stage in virtual conference

ARC Centre for Forest Value’s PhD candidates Travis Britton and Rose Brinkhoff recently presented their research virtually at the 105th Ecological Society of America conference.

The bushfire royal commission has made a clarion call for change

Now we need politics to follow

This is how universities can lead climate action

Many have made a start, but they must be more ambitious

Designing for Mona Foma, an academic perspective

Students used their hands and were exposed to materials they had never worked with before, using a mindset they had not approached before.

Darwin and the devil’s plight

Is natural selection finding a way to combat cancer?

Devils could be saviours for threatened birds in Bass Strait